ND It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and scientific publishing is (pluralistic.net)
526 points by jensgk 1594 days ago | 267 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Article critiques academic and scientific publishing, finding it to be a scam.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 5 evals
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Audit Trail 14 entries
2026-03-05 16:44 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 16:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 16:36 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.364 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 16:36 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.36 (Moderate negative)
2026-03-03 09:59 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.33 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-03 09:59 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.16) - -
2026-03-03 09:59 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.16 (Mild negative) 0.00
reasoning
The content discusses academic and scientific publishing, criticizing it as a scam, but does not explicitly mention huma
2026-03-03 09:59 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-03-03 09:52 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.33 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-03 09:52 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.16) - -
2026-03-03 09:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.16 (Mild negative)
reasoning
The content discusses academic and scientific publishing, criticizing it as a scam, but does not explicitly mention huma
2026-03-03 09:52 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 1R - -
2026-03-03 09:49 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.17) - -
2026-03-03 09:49 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.17 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Critique of academic publishing